wheres that source saying archie moore was born in 1916

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 19 Jul 2006, 13:43

i cant find it, i know there have been threads made in the past on boxrec about this

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 19 Jul 2006, 14:54

Well my dad told me that, as it was the same year he was born.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 20 Jul 2006, 07:30

Decagon....so you've seen enough empirical evidence to think that the book is closed on this age old question? You may be right but I heard that there was still some sort of ambiguity to this. Possibly the mixing of siblings names or the use of middle names...though I have read/heard about the census solution which may indeed have solved the mystery.

scartissue · Post by **scartissue** » 20 Jul 2006, 13:05

I remember reading about this in Ring Magazine about the Census. Apparently where Moore and his mother disputed each other was in the year and the place of his birth. The census proved the age showing an Archibald Wright in the house showing Archie was right all along about his age, but that his mother was correct regarding where he was born.

Scartissue

JCS · Post by **JCS** » 20 Jul 2006, 15:23

Social Security Death Index has Moore at 1916.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 20 Jul 2006, 16:09

Actually, Moore was born in 1901. He was a professional mime artist before he turned to boxing in the '30s.